Academic Psychiatry 23:37-41, March 1999
© 1999 Academic Psychiatry
Using Problem-Based Learning to Teach Forensic Psychiatry
R. Andrew Schultz-Ross, M.D. and
Amy E. Kline, Ph.D.
Dr. Schultz-Ross is Associate Clinical Professor, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Kline is Affiliate, Faculty, Clinical Studies Program, University of Hawaii, Department of Psychology. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Schultz-Ross, Alef Ani, 75-5995 Kuakini Highway #311, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740.
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a method of teaching that uses hypothetical clinical cases, individual investigation, and group process. This pilot project used a PBL approach to teach forensic psychiatry to psychiatric residents. The change in the residents' level of comfort with five major domains of forensic psychiatry were evaluated at pre- and posttraining stages. The residents' level of comfort with the educational issues of testimony, liability, and competence, as well as subjective ratings of their forensic knowledge base, improved significantly. Postcourse satisfaction with the PBL method was moderately high.
Key Words: Problem-Based Learning (PBL) • Forensic Psychiatry • Teaching
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